Universe Today Podcast

By Fraser Cain

Space news, interviews, Q&As, and exclusive content from Universe Today.

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May 09, 2025[Space Bites] Spying on Spy Satellites // Official NASA Budget Cuts // Dragonfly Milestone
The official NASA cuts are here. Several missions reach big milestones. The Solar Gravitational Lens will be challenging to use, and in our special bonus version on Patreon, [Space Bites+] an additional story about New Horizons scanning the clouds of hydrogen around the Solar System.
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00:00 Intro
00:19 NASA budget cuts are official
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-white-house-releases-its-2026-budget-request-for-nasa-cuts-to-sls-gateway-and-orion
03:31 Milestones for Dragonfly and Roman
https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/dragonfly/2025/04/24/nasas-dragonfly-passes-critical-design-review/
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/roman-space-telescope/key-portion-of-nasas-roman-space-telescope-clears-thermal-vacuum-test/
05:22 Satellite occultations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.03474
06:34 Complications with SGL
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/using-the-solar-gravitational-lens-will-be-extremely-difficult
09:27 Vote results
10:09 Hakuto-R 2 arrives at Moon orbit
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/ispaces-resilience-enters-lunar-orbit-itll-try-to-land-in-early-june
11:32 Rogue binary planets
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/free-floating-binary-planets-cant-last-long
13:09 Strange object on the edge of the Milky Way
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/its-either-the-milky-ways-farthest-known-star-cluster-or-the-smallest-known-galaxy
14:30 Guide to Space
15:50 Space Bites+
16:09 Importance of keeping up space missions
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May 08, 2025[Q&A] Smoking Gun Biosignatures, Dyson Spheres vs Warp Drives, Adopting the Metric System
Which evidence will be a definite smoking gun when it comes to finding extraterrestrial life? Why is a Dyson sphere more realistic than warp drives? Will America ever adopt the metric system? And in our Q&A+ version, will China be collaborating with other nations in space? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show.
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00:00 Start
00:32 [Ross] What will be a sufficient enough evidence of life on another world?
06:07 [Mikael Biilmann] Will North America ever switch to the metric system?
08:11 [LeMonkDog] Why is a Dyson sphere considered more rational than FTL travel?
12:34 [Conspiracy_Theory_Enthusiast] Are there any filters that help cope with light pollution?
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🎧 PODCASTS
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[email protected]
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21min
May 06, 2025 [Q&A] Black Holes as a Great Filter, Artemis 3 Landing Site, Smallest Possible Star
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22min
May 05, 2025[Interview] Vera Rubin Will Forever Change Astronomy. Here's Exactly How
Vera Rubin Telescope (aka LSST) is finally ready. We're expecting first light in the coming months. It will find Planet 9 (if it exists), discover thousands of new asteroids, millions of new supernovae and will change the way we do astronomy with its surveys of the night sky. Here's how it will do all that.
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00:00 Intro
01:25 What's happening with Vera Rubin
08:20 What will Vera Rubin be able to see
23:35 Northern Rubin Wen?
30:23 Survey telescopes
45:50 Light pollution and satellite constellations
50:18 Current obsessions
52:54 Final thoughts
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[email protected]
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55min
May 02, 2025 [Space Bites] Planet 9 Hint // Problems for Psyche // Uranus Occultation
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22min
May 01, 2025 [Q&A] Inside The Space Voids, Protecting Mars, JWST Deep Fields
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22min
April 29, 2025 [Q&A] Dinosaurs VS The Asteroid, Infinite Gravity, Real Autonomy of ISS
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20min
April 28, 2025 [Interview] The Tricky Part of Finding Extraterrestrial Life
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42min
April 25, 2025 [Space Bites] Moon Ejecta Hitting Earth // China’s Satellite Rescue // Asteroid Closeup
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19min
April 24, 2025 Pessimism Regarding Humanity, Dark Stars, Source Kilonova | Q&A 315
Why am I so pessimistic about the progress of humanity? Which kilonova did all our heavy elements come from? What's the deal with the dark stars? And in our free Q&A+ on patreon, can a single nation realistically have a Moon outpost? Answering all these questions and more in this question show.
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